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  • Author:
    EDGAR, Josephine
    Summary:

    Viola Corbett has made a happy marriage but the shadow of her previous affairs continues to haunt her. Sequel to "Duchess".

  • Author:
    Chen, Kirstin
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    "If you appreciate a good caper, you'll want to pick up Kirstin Chen's novel . . . Fast-paced and fun, with smart commentary on the cultural differences between Asia and America." -- TIME"Propulsive and captivating . . . A provocative story of fashion, friendship, and fakes (in more ways than one)." -- VOGUE. For fans of Hustlers and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, the story of two Asian American women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise--an incisive and glittering blend of fashion, crime, and friendship from the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners.Money can't buy happiness... but it can buy a decent fake.Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home--she's built the perfect life. But beneath this façade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point.Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from Mainland China, who abruptly dropped out under mysterious circumstances. Now, twenty years later, Winnie is looking to reconnect with her old friend. But the shy, awkward girl Ava once knew has been replaced with a confident woman of the world, dripping in luxury goods, including a coveted Birkin in classic orange. The secret to her success? Winnie has developed an ingenious counterfeit scheme that involves importing near-exact replicas of luxury handbags and now she needs someone with a U.S. passport to help manage her business--someone who'd never be suspected of wrongdoing, someone like Ava. But when their spectacular success is threatened and Winnie vanishes once again, Ava is left to face the consequences.Swift, surprising, and sharply comic, Counterfeit is a stylish and feminist caper with a strong point of view and an axe to grind. Peering behind the curtain of the upscale designer storefronts and the Chinese factories where luxury goods are produced, Kirstin Chen interrogates the myth of the model minority through two unforgettable women determined to demand more from life.

  • Author:
    Valent, Jennifer Erin
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    Although Jessilyn and Gemma's friendship has weathered the storms of heartache and prejudice, the turbulent summer of 1936 threatens to shatter the ties that bind. After the hit-and-run death of a little girl, Gemma's explosive revelation could save an innocent man's life--but not without jeopardizing the livelihood of Jessilyn's family.

  • Author:
    Diersch, Sandra, London, Gerri
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    Tu aimes les témoignages? Tu adoreras ce livre! C’est un roman basé sur une histoire vraie. Voir ainsi la tête de sa mère si fragile et sans protection fut déstabilisant pour Corinne. Sans ses cheveux, elle ne ressemblait plus à sa mère. Elle avait maintenant l’air d’une patiente atteinte de cancer. Impossible à présent de cacher la vérité à qui que ce soit. Sa mère la regardait encore dans le miroir et Corinne s’efforça de sourire. Elle caressa la peau du crâne de sa mère du bout des doigts. Elle était à la fois bosselée et douce. — Tu sais, tu as vraiment un beau crâne, maman, lui dit-elle. — Ne me raconte pas d’histoire, Corinne, dit sa mère d’un ton hésitant. — Je ne te raconte pas d’histoire. C’est vrai. Regarde comme tes oreilles sont jolies et bien collées au crâne. Et l’angle de ton front. Tu as une très belle tête. Psst! L’auteure de ce livre s’appelle Sandra. Elle adore par-dessus tout voir sa fille grandir et devenir une personne qui explore le monde, essaie de nouvelles choses et vit chaque jour intensément. Elle déteste les romans mal écrits. Gerri, la co-auteure de ce livre, est une de ses BFF depuis 44 ans. Oui, oui, 44 ans! L’histoire de la guérison du cancer de Gerri a inspiré ce roman.

  • Author:
    Moran, Jan
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    A heartwarming holiday beach special. A magical new theater production.**A USA Today bestseller.**Marina Moore's new Coral Cafe is a Summer Beach favorite of locals and visitors alike. When her sister Kai helps create a Summer Beach performing arts theater, the entire family and community get involved in a new holiday musical production. Join Marina and Kai in casting a new holiday show to celebrate Christmas. As writer Jack Ventana struggles to adapt to his new role as a single father in the small beach town, his romantic relationship with Marina suffers. Will this holiday bring them together or force them apart? And when an old friend appears in Summer Beach, Marina has more options to consider. Relax at the Coral Cottage beach house with a group of family and friends you'll love. Coral Holiday is the third novel in the Summer Beach: Coral Cottage series. In ebook, paperback, hardcover, and audiobook. REVIEWS"Jan Moran is the new queen of the epic romance."--USA Today Bestselling Author Rebecca Forster"[Jan Moran is] is a compelling voice to follow." - Booklist"A wonderful story any time of the year. Will make you feel like the sea breeze is streaming through your hair." - Laura Bradbury, Bestselling Author, My Grape Year"The perfect blend of mystery and romance ... the women in Jan's stories are always intelligent and strong. At the core is a strong, close-knit family." - Betty's Reviews

  • Author:
    Moran, Jan
    Summary:

    A new beach read series set in the beloved village of Summer Beach. When Marina Moore's life blows up on national television, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house called the Coral Cottage. Now in her mid-forties with children in college, Marina is in dire need of her grandmother's gutsy advice to a well-lived life. Marina meets an old friend, Ivy Bay, proprietor of the Seabreeze Inn, who encourages her to share her love of food at the local farmer's market. Soon Marina's sister Kai arrives on a summer break from her musical theater troupe. Together, the sisters discover new paths bound to change them forever. If only those changes didn't require such long leaps of faith. Jack Ventana, a newspaper writer and confirmed bachelor nomad, is on a six-month sabbatical to write his first book. The only company he wants is his inquisitive Labrador Retriever puppy, but when he receives a call from an old colleague, he finds his life altered in ways he never imagined-including the prospect of romance. What began as a short, reclusive holiday is destined to change Marina's life, especially when Jack's research uncovers her grandmother Ginger's hidden past. Join the fun in Summer Beach, where the bonds of friendship and love prove unbreakable.

  • Author:
    Moran, Jan
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    A beach café. An event to remember. The summer heats up with friendship and fun. When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmer's market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a cafe on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina must quickly become more creative than ever, especially when her children need help. Her sister Kai's position in a musical theater troupe forces more changes, especially when she becomes engaged. Their sister Brooke is having marital challenges, while grandmother Ginger continues to contribute her advice on the life well-lived... if only her granddaughters will listen. Meanwhile, writer Jack Ventana stumbles onto more old secrets in Summer Beach, and his overgrown Labrador retriever puppy Scout manages to dig his way into trouble on the beach. When the status quo changes between Jack and Marina, their budding romance is threatened. Join the fun once again in Summer Beach, where the bonds of friendship and love prove unbreakable.

  • Author:
    Amos, Shawn
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    Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he'll be sleeping on a lumpy pullout in Dad's sad little post-divorce bungalow and helping bring Dad's latest far-fetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: opening the world's first chocolate chip cookie store.

  • Author:
    Lyon, Annabel
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    A smart, mysterious and heartbreaking novel centred on two sets of sisters whose lives are braided together when tragedy changes them forever. From the award-winning author of The Golden Mean. Saskia and Jenny are twins who are alike only in appearance. Saskia is a hard-working grad student whose interests are solely academic, while Jenny, an interior designer, is glamourous, thrill-seeking, capricious and narcissistic. Still, when Jenny is severely injured in an accident, Saskia puts her life on hold to be with her sister. Sara and Mattie are sisters with a difficult relationship. Mattie, the younger sister, is affectionate, curious and intellectually disabled. As soon as Sara is able, she leaves home, in pursuit of a life of the mind and the body: she loves nothing more than fine wines, sensual perfumes, and expensive clothing. But when their mother dies, Sara inherits the duty of caring for her sister. Arriving at the house one day, she finds out that Mattie has married Robert, her wealthy mother's handyman. Though Mattie seems happy, Sara cannot let this go, forcing the annulment of the marriage and the banishment of Robert. With him out of the picture, though, she has no choice but to become her sister's keeper, sacrificing her own happiness and Mattie's too. When Robert turns up again, another tragedy happens. The waves from these events eventually engulf Sara and Saskia, sisters in mourning, in a quest for revenge. Consent is a startling, moving, thought-provoking novel on the complexities of familial duty and on how love can become entangled with guilt, resentment and regret.

  • Author:
    Madalena, Lorenzo
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    A realistic portrayal of the Sicilian fishing community in San Diego in the 1950s, Confetti for Gino centers around the DeMarino family, in particular fishing boat captain Gino DeMarino’s stubborn attempts to break away from tradition by vowing to marry a woman from outside the Italian community, and his mother’s fight to ensure he marries someone within the community. The novel shows how kinship and family proved more visceral than the notions of individuality and independence that were emerging at the time. In the end, Gino learns that he can’t break away because he has nothing to “catch him” on the other side. The family, the community, the life as a tuna boat captain are who he is and are what define him.

  • Author:
    Yates, Maisey
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    "Yates weaves surprises and vivid descriptions into this moving tale about strong and nurturing female family bonds."--Booklist on Confessions from the Quilting Circle. The Ashwood women don't have much in common ... except their ability to keep secrets. When Lark Ashwood's beloved grandmother dies, she and her sisters discover an unfinished quilt. Finishing it could be the reason Lark's been looking for to stop running from the past, but is she ever going to be brave enough to share her biggest secret with the people she ought to be closest to?Hannah can't believe she's back in Bear Creek, the tiny town she sacrificed everything to escape from. The plan? Help her sisters renovate her grandmother's house and leave as fast as humanly possible. Until she comes face-to-face with a man from her past. But getting close to him again might mean confessing what really drove her away ... Stay-at-home mom Avery has built a perfect life, but at a cost. She'll need all her family around her, and all her strength, to decide if the price of perfection is one she can afford to keep paying. This summer, the Ashwood women must lean on each other like never before, if they are to stitch their family back together, one truth at a time ...

  • Author:
    Steel, Danielle
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    When Olympia Rubinstein's twin daughters are invited to a debutante ball, chaos erupts. One twin and Olympia's ex-husband are anxious to go, while the other twin and Olympia's current husband refuse to go.

  • Author:
    LaHaye, Tim F., Dinallo, Gregory S.
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    While desperately seeking income as a photographer, Dylan Cooper befriends art gallery assistant Grace MacVicar. So well do the two get along that Dylan begins to harbor hopes for the future. But at the premier of his photographic exhibition, he is shocked to see Grace arm-in-arm with a well-dressed gentleman. Feeling foolish and bewildered, Dylan ponders two painful questions: Why did Grace encourage his romantic aspirations? And who is this dashing stranger?

  • Author:
    Scottoline, Lisa
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    A successful pediatrician believes she is finding her balance after a devastating divorce. She's newly engaged and her daughter is happy again after a period of turmoil on losing her stepfather in the divorce. But the relative peace is soon shattered when Jill Ruspoli's ex-stepdaughter arrives on her doorstep and announces that her father has died under suspicious circumstances, Jill is forced to choose between the past and the present, challenging her notions of motherhood and family.

  • Author:
    Choyce, Lesley
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    Taylor Colby grew up in the tiny Nova Scotia fishing village of Nickerson Harbour, but his guitar-playing skill led him to become a much sought-after studio musician in Los Angeles. Along with him went Laura, his childhood sweetheart and soulmate. In L.A., Laura becomes enamoured with the dark side of rock and roll life, leaving Taylor lost, distraught and deeply damaged. Taylor realizes he has to go back home to Nickerson Harbour, to confront Laura’s parents, to reunite with his father and to understand the truth of his own dysfunctional family. Back in Nova Scotia, Taylor learns that his mother, who had abandoned him as a child, wants to come home to reconcile with her own past. Taylor is haunted by his loss and grief but must also come to terms with some hidden truths about Laura. As he begins to make sense of his past, he befriends an American feminist professor who is trying to start life anew in Canada with her troubled twelve-year-old son. Cold Clear Morning is a novel about dreams realized and dreams shattered. It is about love and loss, hunting and healing, grief and forgiving. Taylor Colby speaks his story of what it takes to pick up the remains of a shattered life and find renewed purpose and hope. It is the story of going back to the home that you thought you could never return to. In his odyssey from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and back home, he attempts to find real meaning to his life of adventure and despair.

  • Author:
    Roy, Suzanne
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    Depuis la mort de sa petite fille, Marianne n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même. Sa vie si parfaite a volé en éclat, emportant avec elle le merveilleux couple qu'elle formait avec Charles. Depuis, plus rien ne la retient dans ce monde. Déterminée à mettre fin à ses jours, elle s'isole dans un chalet situé au bord d'un lac encore gelé. Mais la présence de Samuel, le propriétaire des lieux, complique ses plans. Il refuse catégoriquement de la laisser quitter cette vie qui lui pèse tant. L'homme, de dix ans son cadet, cache pourtant un passé difficile. Marianne aura-t-elle le courage d'accepter cette seconde chance que lui offre la vie?

  • Author:
    Endicott, Marina
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    As the week opens, 50-something Hugh Argylle, owner of the Argylle Art Gallery, has a jarring fall from a ladder - a fall that leaves him with a fractured off-kilter vision of his own life and the lives of his friends, who are going through crises that leave them despairing, afraid, one half-step from going under emotionally or financially. Someone's going to have to fix all that, thinks Hugh - and it will probably be him.

  • Author:
    Chiaverini, Jennifer
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    When Elm Creek Quilts announces openings for two new teachers, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. The impending departure of two founding members means untold changes for the Elm Creek Quilters. As they begin the interview process, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take the place of beloved colleagues and friends? "We must evaluate all of the applicants' qualities," advises Master Quilter Sylvia Compson. "Our choice will say as much about us as it says about who we decide to hire." Who merits a place among the circle of quilters? Will it be Maggie, whose love of history shines through in all her projects; Anna, whose food-themed quilts are wonderfully innovative; Russ, the male quilter with a completely original style; Karen, a novice teacher whose gifts for language complement her deep understanding of the quilters' mission; or Gretchen, the soulful veteran whose craft is inspired by quilting tradition?

  • Author:
    Selvadurai, Shyam
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    Set in 1920s' Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by class hatred. Annalukshmi, a spirited young schoolteacher, finds herself caught between her family's pressures to marry and her own desire for a more independent life. Then there is her uncle Balendran, whose comfortable life of privilege is rocked by the arrival of Richard, a lover from his past. Their uneasy reunion re-ignites tensions with Balendran's powerful father, and threatens all on which Balendran has built his present life. Sensual, perceptive, and wise, Cinnamon Gardens is a novel of exceptional achievement-an exquisite tapestry of lives.

  • Author:
    Maron, Margaret
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    Judge Deborah Knott is faced with a horrifying holiday murder case. After a beautiful young cheerleader is found dead in a car wreck, Judge Knott's husband Deputy Dwight Bryant discovers evidence that the death was anything but an accident. Now Knott and Bryant are on a desperate search for a killer before he or she strikes again.

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